Lewis Lund

Lewis Lund was eighteen, watching the town's cattle, when the war reached him. In the summer of 1867 the Black Hawk War was in its third year — a Ute struggle against the settlers who had taken their land and driven off the game, fought over the livestock that had replaced it. Lund and four other herdsmen were guarding Fountain Green's stock north of town on June 1 when a Ute raiding party swept in to take the herd. The others got away; Lund was shot and killed. He is remembered here, a boy caught in a hard war.

What the plaque says

This monument replaces one previously erected north of town near the site of this historical event. Over the years the original marker was weather-eroded and vandalized. Lewis Lund an eighteen year-old herdsman, along with Jasper Robertson, Swen Anderson, Albert Collard and Charles Jones were guarding the Fountain Green settlement's stock north of town. Indians swooped down upon the herdsmen, shooting and driving off the cattle and horses. They shot and killed Lewis Lund. The other herdsmen escaped. Engraving: LEWIS LUND Born Aug. 12, 1849 Killed near this spot by Indians June 1, 1867 Engraved in base: Erected by Sons and Daughters of Pioneers 1925

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fairview — 10 mi
  The north gate of the Heritage Highway, home to a near-complete Ice Age mammoth
• Mount Pleasant — 11 mi
  A National Register Main Street and Utah's oldest boarding school
• Nephi — 12 mi
  A quiet ranching town at the foot of Mount Nebo
• Spring City — 13 mi
  An entire pioneer town preserved on the National Register

More markers nearby

• Fountain Green — steps away
• Uinta Springs Settlement — 0.3 mi
• Salt Creek Canyon Massacre — 6.5 mi
• ZCMI Co-Op Building — 7.6 mi